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Rocket: Soyuz-2.1v; Payload: Razbeg No. 1 (Kosmos 2551); Date: 9 September 2021, 1959 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The satellite was placed into a 294 km x 307 km x 96.35 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit.

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Hughes Network Systems, LLC and OneWeb have signed a distribution agreement in the U.S. focused on enterprise services. In India, the parties have entered into an MOU for a strategic agreement to distribute services to large enterprises, small and medium businesses, government, telcos and ISPs, including in the rural and remote parts of the country.

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BlackSky Holdings, Inc. announced it has completed its previously announced business combination with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. to take BlackSky public.

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Exotrail recently signed a contract with US-based aerospace company York Space Systems for the delivery of one ExoMG – cluster2, a product configuration from Exotrail high thrust and flexible electric propulsion product family, for delivery by Q2 2022.

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Rocket Lab USA, Inc announced it has been awarded a contract to deploy an entire satellite constellation across five dedicated Electron missions for Kinéis, a global Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity provider.

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Isar Aerospace announced that it has entered into a firm launch service agreement with the NewSpace startup OroraTech to launch the company’s satellites into space. OroraTech’s nanosatellites are geared towards tackling the global wildfire and climate crises with satellite-based wildfire detection and monitoring services.

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Eutelsat Communications confirmed the closing of its US$550 million equity investment in OneWeb announced on 27 April 2021. Subject to completion of the subsequently announced investments in OneWeb by Bharti and Hanwha, Eutelsat will hold a 17.6% stake.

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The UK branch of D-Orbit signed a €2.2 million contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for phase 1 of the development and in-orbit demonstration of a “Deorbit Kit” as part of ESA’s Space Safety Programme (S2P).

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